| Front | zeitgeist \TSYT-gyst\ |
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| Back | noun The defining spirit of a particular period: the general cultural, political, intellectual, and moral climate of an era. [From German Zeitgeist (spirit of the time), from Zeit (time) + Geist (spirit).] "Once again Lionel Shriver has stomped into the middle of a pressing national debate with a great ordeal of a novel So Much For That that's impossible to ignore. ... If Jodi Picoult has her finger on the zeitgeist, Shriver has her hands around its throat." - Ron Charles; So Much For That; The Washington Post; Mar 17, 2010. |
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